What is a Employment & Job Scams?
How It Works — Step by Step
- Fake job posting appears on LinkedIn, Indeed, or via direct message/email
- The position offers high pay for easy work: 'Data entry from home, $50/hour,' 'Package handler, flexible hours'
- Interview process is minimal or conducted entirely via text/chat
- Victim is 'hired' and asked to pay for background checks, equipment, training, or certification
- Alternatively: victim receives a check, deposits it, buys gift cards or crypto and sends — check later bounces leaving victim liable
- Task-based scams: victim is given 'tasks' (liking posts, completing reviews) and shown fake earnings — then asked to make deposits to unlock payments
Top Countries (Victims)
Top Platforms Used
⚠️ Warning Signs
- Unsolicited job offer via WhatsApp, Telegram, or text message
- Job requires little to no experience but offers very high pay
- Interview conducted entirely via chat or only one very brief call
- Asked to pay upfront fees for anything
- Asked to receive and forward money (money mule recruitment)
- Company has no verifiable online presence
- Offer letter with grammar errors or unusual formatting
✅ How to Protect Yourself
- Research the company independently — look up their actual website and call their listed number
- Legitimate employers never ask you to pay for a job
- Never deposit a check and send money — this is always a scam
- Verify the job listing on the company's official website
- Be suspicious of any job found through unsolicited messages
- If asked to complete 'tasks' for payment that require depositing money, it's a scam
Real Cases from Our Database
Data Entry Position | Interviewer wanted to know what credit cards I had. Send they would send me a check for software
Wecat Management Solutions - Remote Data Entry. Is it legit or not? Need advice: Is this work-from-home form-filling job legit? I got a call from a company called weCAT Management Solutions offering a...
[US] My scammer has unlocked time travel. Sent a receipt dated for tomorrow. I was dealing with a totally legitimate, definitely-not-evil scammer (Charleyn\_OriH) who wanted me to complete a "free tri...
[US]Trucking jobs Scam Hey guys. A company I applied for on indeed called me back and everything sounded good until they asked me if I had a telegram and sent me their telegram ID. Their process seems...
Job scam? Company seems to be legit but I don’t think these guys are. I was contacted via text and asked to move to Teams for further communication. I thought it was strange that at one point the pers...
[US]. Not sure if this is a job scam. Not sure if this was a scam or not. I'm trying to find work and was contacted by a company fora job that sounds like it pays way too well. Who. The company is ...
[US] Was this offer scam? Last Tuesday, I applied to be a Video Data Contributor for Perle.AI via Indeed. I got a reply back yesterday saying that I got the job, but I've been having weird feelings si...
Scam Warning: [US] Career Amend Inc / Learning Saint Inc – Identity Misuse & Loan Pressure I’m posting this to warn others about my experience with **Career Amend / Learning Saint**. What started as a...
[India] Strange recruiter response after I declined an internship. Scam? I was contacted on WhatsApp by someone claiming to represent Ediglobe for an internship. They sent me a PDF and offered to star...
[ Removed by moderator ] Hi guys I got the following email today June 1st 2026 regarding a job opportunity: My name is Hannah Lindsey, Chief People Officer at Red Antler. We are a branding and marketi...
CIAT Cisco Job Offer at an Institute in California I got a call about a CIAT Cisco program training job opportunity. I am 25, completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science in 2024 and haven’t had ...
[CA] Possible credit card scam? Hello! I’ve been applying to jobs through indeed and recently got an email from a possible hiring manager. I noticed the wage started extremely high for a cashier posit...
📋 Where to Report Employment & Job Scams
- FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov)
- FBI IC3 (ic3.gov)
- Job platform where ad was posted
- Local law enforcement